Are you sure that is the correct motherboard? Everything I am seeing, it is a LGA 1366 socket. That socket was released in 2008. The first generation of nvme was 2011. That first release was the pcie slots. The first M.2 slot wasn't released till 2013.
On Sat, Nov 23, 2024, 1:50 AM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > From my quick read, it looks like you need a PCI-express adapter card > suitable for your SSD. > > https://www.asus.com/us/support/faq/1037507/ > > I know next-to-nothing about gaming, although I did help put together > a box for one of my kids. > > -- > Russell Senior > [email protected] > > On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 1:39 AM mo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am setting up a gaming PC for my friend's son. I bought/acquired > > everything, mostly from PDX Hackerspace. I have an ASUS Republic of > Gamers > > (ROG) Rampage II Gene mb. I bought a 500GB SSD M.2 for it b/c > > > https://www.google.com/search?q=does+asus+republic+of+gamers+rampage+ii+gene+have+m.2+ssd > > says it has an M.2 slot, but I cannot find the slot! > > > > I have hunted online for the location, removed the CPU+heatsink, removed > > some other heatsink, etc; I still cannot find the slot. Can any of you > > confirm this mb has an m.2 slot? & if so, where is it located? I'm > baffled > > (which rarely takes long). ;) > > > > Also is 18GB DDR3 ram enough for a gaming PC? I am not a gamer; I am > > configuring this beast as a favor. I appreciate any tips on making this a > > good gaming PC for her son. > > > > thanks. >
